I said "Let me walk in the fields"
He said " No walk in the town"
I said "There are no flowers there"
He said " No flowers but a crown"
I said "No flowers but a crown"
I said " But the skies are black, there is nothing but noise and dim"
He wept as he sent me back "There is more" he said "There is sin"
I said "But the air is thick and fogs are veiling the sun"
He answered " Yet souls are sick and souls in the dark are undone"
I said "I shall miss the light and friends will miss me they say"
He answered "Choose tonight if I'm to miss or they"
I pleaded for time to be given
He said "Is it hard to decide?"
"It will not seem hard in heaven to have followed in the steps of your guide"
I cast one look at the fields then set my face to town
He said "My child do you yield?"
"Will you leave the flowers for the crown?"
Then into his hand went mine and into my heart came he
And I walk in a light divine
The path I have feared to see